Vitamin supply in pregnancy for prevention of congenital birth defects

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-296

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a,c   Bánhidy, Ferenc ^b  

^a FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF HEREDITARY DISEASES   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

congenital cardiovascular abnormalities; folic acid; folic acid containing multivitamins; neural tube defects; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN SYNDROME; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LIMB DEFECT; MALNUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VITAMINS;

EID: 79954998169     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328344b288     Document Type: Article

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